2016-03-19 18:53
MeiZhongTai is officially signing off. I hope you have enjoyed my 160 posts over the last 9 months. I have certainly enjoyed writing them. I'd like to thank all the bloggers on my blogroll a… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Considering the recent discussion between Dylan and I, a Taipei Times article offers some interesting new insight."China was producing around 50 Dong Feng [DF] series ballistic missiles annu… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Rowan Callick wrote an article entitled "China's Missile Threat 'Unstoppable'" in yesterday's The Australian claimingThe balance of terror across the Taiwan strait[...] gives China the capac… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Forbes reports: China has expressed its concerns directly to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan about Taiwan's scrapping of a unification council with the mainland, Xinhua news agen… Read More
2006-02-28 03:15
An International Herald Tribune article informs us that this isn't the first time China has amassed vast foreign currency reserves by trade imbalances. (Hat tip: Economist's View) China will… Read More
2006-02-28 00:38
There isn't anything to say about the National Unification Council that hasn't already been said by the numerous commentators around the Sinosphere:Jerome Keating's "Inane Flap Over an Outda… Read More
2006-02-20 19:44
The blogosphere has had an abundance of must-read articles as of late. Here are some of my favorites with a brief excerpt of each. Jujuflop explains the friction in Taipei-Washington relatio… Read More
2006-02-15 14:57
According to an article in The Guardian (also in the Taipei Times), the Chinese government is losing their battle to control information flow into China. Many previous discussions on control… Read More
2006-02-14 22:05
Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Ma Ying-jeou gave a speech in London last weekend that has shaken up the KMT line on China. China must agree to discuss dismantling its missiles pointing at Taiwan… Read More
2006-02-14 21:07
Monday, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) hosted a talk entitled "How to Misunderstand Your Neighbor" in its beautiful Wohlstetter Conference Center in Northwest Washington (it was adv… Read More
2006-02-08 05:08
The Congressional Research Service's Ronald O'Rourke wrote "China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities" (pdf) last November in response to widespread concern on Capi… Read More
2006-02-07 04:18
Washington Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby writes of "The Fake Science Threat" (mirrored by French, hat tip to SimonWorld). He argues that worries of competitiveness with China in math and… Read More
2006-02-06 21:39
The Quadrennial Defense Review has been reviewed in its entirety by numerous experts and writers (DefenseTech.org has a roundup). Bloggers have also been busy on the subject (Blog Search). D… Read More
2006-02-03 21:00
The Department of Defense has released the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). Rumors have been floating around for days that the report would focus more on China than the Global War on T… Read More
2006-01-29 05:34
Long time readers of MeiZhongTai will remember the attempts of the ROC Army and Air Force to sink a wounded South Korean freighter that was leaking benzene. My take on the situation was that… Read More
2006-01-29 04:53
There has long been talk of exactly what weaponry Taiwan needs for its self-defense. Some outsiders view the Taiwanese government as one entity who isn't taking its own defense seriously, e… Read More
2006-01-27 00:56
The much blogged about (1, 2, 3) CATO book talk to mark the release of Ted Galen Carpenter's America's Coming War with China: A Collision Course Over Taiwan took place Wednesday at the CATO… Read More
2006-01-13 16:20
The Economist has released its Big Mac Index for 2006. The Chinese yuan is 59% undervalued compared to the dollar. This is the same estimate as last year, so I will refrain from interprettin… Read More
2006-01-10 16:07
Robert Marquand of the Christian Science Monitor has a piece in today's paper on Taiwan's proposed arms purchase. In a bid to rally Taiwan's flagging independence forces, President Chen Shui… Read More
2006-01-09 16:02
Some interesting stories on Chinese and Taiwanese military forces in the news as of late. Troops, submarines, and missiles. A little something for everyone.The People's Liberation Army conti… Read More
2006-01-08 19:05
The Heritage Foundation recently released its rankings of economic freedom. Of some relevance to this blog: Hong Kong ranked number one (most free economy), Taiwan ranked 37, and China tied… Read More
2006-01-03 22:35
China's President Hu Jintao marked the arrival of the new year with a speech reemphasizing his commitment to the One China policy. Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian replied with his thoughts… Read More
2006-01-03 21:41
News broke a few days ago that Michael Anti's blogs (Chinese and English) have disappeared from the blogosphere. He had recently taken up the cause of the reporters and editors at the Beijin… Read More
2005-12-30 20:39
Angry Chinese Blogger has reviewed the Hudson Institute's report "China's New Great Leap Forward" (PDF). I normally like to review reports like this, as I did with 2005 reports by the Pentag… Read More
2005-12-30 00:03
Some of you may remember that one month ago, I changed my position on Taiwan's purchase of eight diesel submarines from the United States. Having previously defended the purchase as necessar… Read More
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